Minor in Literature (Non-Teaching)
A Literature Minor offers a flexible way for students to take courses on subjects ranging from traditional offerings in American and British national literatures as well as upper division courses in specific authors, topics, and genres along with Literary Criticism, African American Literature, and Women and Literature.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Reading: Students will demonstrate the ability to read and understand complex texts accurately and sensitively.
- Analysis: Students will be able to critically interpret, analyze, and synthesize texts, culture, and/or communication.
- Writing: Students will be proficient in producing writing that is focused, well-elaborated and supported, and well-edited.
- Research: Students will demonstrate proficiency in current research approaches and with integrating other scholarly work in the relevant field.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of English literature (e.g., its foundations, history, and relation to other literary traditions).
- Students will demonstrate familiarity with literary theory and proficiency in applying theory to literary analysis.
| Take One: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Literature | ||
| Intro to Literary Studies | ||
| Choose six of the following (minimum three upper division): | 18 | |
| Literature as Popular Culture | ||
| The Environmental Imagination | ||
| Great Books | ||
| Regional Literature | ||
| The Bible as Literature | ||
| Mythologies | ||
| Literary Criticism | ||
| Multicultural Literature | ||
| American Literature to 1900 | ||
| American Literature after 1900 | ||
| Advanced British Literature I (Formerly LIT 324) | ||
| Advanced British Literature II (Formerly LIT 325) | ||
| Advanced British Literature III (Formerly LIT 326) | ||
| Women and Literature | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Literature for Children and Adolescents | ||
| Studies in Major Author/s | ||
| Studies in Literary Genres | ||
| Studies in Literary Topics | ||
| Studies in World Literature | ||
| Studies in Shakespeare | ||
| Note: LIT 201 and LIT 110IH can both be taken, with one as an elective | ||
| Total Credits: | 21 | |
Students must receive a grade of a "C-" or better in all required courses. The minimum number of credits for a non-teaching minor is twenty-one, with nine of those being upper-division credits.
A minimum of four courses (12 credits) must be unique and not used to fulfill major requirements.